Dean Davis was born in 1942 in California. In the early sixties he studied painting at the Carmel Art Institute. At the age of 28 he quit his job as a teamster for a steel company and stepped onto the world of art, and has been doing it ever since. For 16 years he lived in Europe. There he worked on his poetic, sensitive, and witty art objects: The Flying Machines, wall pieces, and steel sculpture.

Through numerous one-man and group exhibitions in Germany, France and Switzerland he earned international acclaim. His work is shown in various museums, established galleries, and international art fairs; also in private and corporate collections such as Ford Motor Corporation, Volkswagen, Nissan, Camel Cigarettes and Phillips Television. Since 1969 he has worked mainly as a sculptor and object-maker. Constant growth in his interpretation of art is nurtured by his conception of the world and it's archetypical forms.
1942: Born in Modesto, CA
1963-65: Art Institute in Carmel, CA
1974-76: Studio, Mendocino, CA
1976-92: lived in Europe
1992-94: Sebastopol, CA
1994-2000: Telluride, CO
2000-09: Petaluma, CA

Solo Exhibitions:
1977 International Art Fair, Cologne, W. Germany, Gallery Schoeller
1978 "Krawatten Kunst" (Tie Art) Installation and Happening, Babs, Dusseldorf, W Germany
1979 "American Dream" Gallery on der Farbmule, Wuppertal, W. Germany
Heye Needham and Partner, Dusseldorf, Munich, W. Germany
Paris Flugsalon, Paris France
1980 Tomic Gallery, Kampen auf Sylt, W. Germany
Gallery Trost, Lippstadt, W. Germany
International Art Fair, Dusseldorf, Gallery Trost, W. Germany
1981 Gallery Crista Scholten, Moers-Schwafheim, W. Germany
"The Other Altstadt" Dusseldorf, W. Germany
Gallery Niepel, Dusseldorf, W. Germany
1982 Stadt Art Museum Oerlinhausen, Oerlinhausen, W. Germany
"Kunst in der Karlstadt", Dusseldorf, W. Germany
Gallery Trost, Lippstadt, W. Germany
1983 Gallery Schablone, Dusseldorf, W. Germany
Stadt Museum Iserlohn, Iserlohn, W. Germany
Gallery Trost, Lippstadt, W. Germany
1984 German Pavilion, Hanover Flug Salon, Hanover, W. Germany
1985 International Artist Management, Dusseldorf, W. Germany
1988 Malkasten, Dusseldorf, W. Germany
1989 International Artist management, Dusseldorf, W. Germany
1990 Gallery Sabine Kassenboom, Dusseldorf, W. Germany
1994 333 Bush, San Francisco, Ca.
1996 Elinorf Cote' Telluride, Colorado

Group Exhibitions:
1976 Ruhrfestspiel, "Flying a Dream" Museum Recklinghausen, W. Germany
International Art Fair, Switzerland
Kunstverein, Stadt Museum, Dusseldorf, W. Germany
1977 Gallery Schoeller, Dusseldorf, W. Germany
1978 Gallery Unicum, Dusseldorf, W. Germany
"Sculpture" Gallery Trost, Lippstadt W. Germany
"Two Man Show" Dean Davis and Tomi Ungerer, Museum, Iserlohn, W. Germany
Kunstverein, Stadt Museum, Dusseldorf, W. Germany
1979 Gallery Tomic, Kampen auf Sylt, W. Germany
1980 Galerie Schneider, Zurich, Switzerland
Kestner Gesellschaft, Museum, Hanover, W. Germany
Gallery Trost, Lippstadt, W. Germany
"The Wish To Fly", Veriens and Westbank, Hanover, W. Germany
Gallery Schablone, Dusseldorf, W. Germany
Kunstverein Museum, Dusseldorf, W. Germany
1981 Gallery Christa Scholten, Moers-Schwafheim, W. Germmany
International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Kunstverein, Museum, Dusseldorf, W. Germany
Kestner Gesellschaft, Museum, Hanover, W. Germany.
1982 Detmolder Schoss, Museum, Detmold, W. Germany
L.V.H. Haus, Dusseldorf, W. Germany
Kunstverein, Museum, Dusseldorf, W. Germany
Kunstverein, Museum, Cologne, W. Germany
1983 Ruhrfestspiel, Museum, Recklinhausen, W. Germany
1984 Kunstverein, Museum, Hanover, W. Germany
1985-86 Two years off to travel Europe and America
During this time represented by Gallery Niepel, Dusseldorf W. Germany
1986 "Wire Art", Dusseldorf, W. Germany
1987-88 Commission for Team BBDO, "16 pieces", New York, Dusseldorf
1991-93 Represented exclusively by Gallery Brita Heizmann, Dusseldorf, W. Germany
1994-95 Represented by Alexandra Lee Cefalo
1995- 09 Represented self and sold exclusively to private and corporate collectors

Publications:
Der Spiegel
Westermans Monatsheft for World Culture
Westermans Texte Deutsch ( German 10th grade text book on art and culture)
Westfalen Spiegel
Das Kunst Werk
Wolken Kratzer

Television:
"Art Pieces", New Trends in International Art, ARD Channel 1 W. Germany
"Documentation on Dean Davis" WDR. Channel 3 W. Germany

Information provided by the artist.